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   URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 280
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   545 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
   
          CONNECTICUT
          MASSACHUSETTS
          RHODE ISLAND
          COASTAL WATERS
   
   EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 545 PM UNTIL 1100
   PM EDT.
   
   HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
   MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
   
   THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 50 STATUTE MILES
   NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
   PITTSFIELD MASSACHUSETTS TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BOSTON
   MASSACHUSETTS.
   
   REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
   FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
   PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
   WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
   WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
   TORNADOES.
   
   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 273...WW 275...WW 276...WW
   277...WW 278...WW 279...
   
   DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SERN NY EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EWD
   ACROSS SRN NEW ENGLAND WHERE MDT INSTABILITY AVAILABLE ABOVE SHALLOW
   STABLE LAYER.  LARGE HAIL WILL BE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.
   
   AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
   TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
   KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
   MOTION VECTOR 24030.
   
   
   ...HALES